John D. Staszak, CFA Securities Analyst: Consumer Discretionary & Consumer Staples John’s specialty at Argus includes the gaming, lodging and restaurant groups within the Consumer Discretionary sector. John earned an...
Summary Dividend income is often overlooked amid gyrations in the stock market. Consider that in 2024, market bulls were boasting about 24%-plus S&P 500 returns. No one was very focused...
Summary The Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation indicator, the PCE Price Index, will be released by the BEA this morning. The index differs from the better-known Consumer Price Index (CPI) because...
The stock of Concord Biotech has been in a sideways trend so far this week after losing nearly 13 per cent last week. It is now consolidating above a strong...
Summary Southwest Gas Holdings is a natural gas company. Its primary regulated utility subsidiary, Southwest Gas Corp., purchases, transports, and distributes gas to 2.2 million customers in Arizona, Southern Nevada,...
Summary Kroger, based in Cincinnati, operated more than 2,700 retail supermarkets and multidepartment stores in 35 states at the end of 1Q26. We estimate that these stores generated over 90%...
Listen to this story Your browser does not support the element. AS the dust settled on Donald Trump’s election victory, what businesses did investors think would benefit most from his...
Summary The Stock Market at Mid-Year The stock market’s muted response to the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear sites is consistent with market performance throughout 2025. Though widely expected to...
Summary Despite continued conflicts in the Middle East, stocks on Monday cheered a muted Iranian attack on Qatar and an apparent developing truce this morning. The big story on Monday...
Summary Public Service Energy Group, is an electric and natural gas company with generation, transmission, distribution via its regulated subsidiary. The company also has merchant nuclear generation and energy trading...
